Post by jaytech on Nov 26, 2006 14:10:30 GMT -5
Hey guys, I was at the Idol Grand Final Outdoor Concert and I had such a great time I thought I would share it with you guys . I went down there with a mate of mine and we left home (Newcastle) at 1pm and arrived at The Opera House at about 4.30pm. I was going to try and get close to the red carpet so I could try and see Lisa and say hi to Casey (for those that don't know I am now an Admin on Casey's Official Forum and Casey knows me), but when we got there, there was no way we could get close enough to the red carpet to see anything let alone get any autographs or say hi or anything.
So we decided to go up near the stage and we got right up to the front of the stage on one side. James and Andrew G came out and said to us that exactly where we were standing they were going to crowd surf - and we thought they were only joking - found out later they werent! Anyway, we could see the people as they walked up the red carpet from where we were. Then the celebrities started arriving.
First on the red carpet we saw Guy Sebastion, then the Young Divas, then Shannnon Noll. Then we spotted Trainer Bob from the Biggest Loser (Gillian was there too but I couldn't recognise her from that far away). Then I saw Lisa and I was happy, but sad that I wasn't up there to meet her . And she actually stayed out there signing and getting pics with people for the longest time out of ALL of the celebs that were on the red carpet.
Then I saw Jade (Casey's best friend who is also a friend of mine) making her way up the red carpet stairs, so I knew Casey wouldn't be far behind. Then I saw Casey. She was wearing a red top and some sort of hat. She stayed signing for quite a while too. Then I saw Bobby, Ricky, Mutto, Klancie and Lavina all at once. Next Anthony arrived, then we saw the judges and then Dean Geyer. There was other celebs but I didn't take much notice of them. Recognised "Girlband" though, and I guess Axle Whithead wasn't invited :giggle: .
Next they had Ronald McDonald and Hamburgular to warm up the crowd, and then it was time for the actual show to start, so our little group had to turn around and wait till James and Andrew were passed over the top of us. I was a little bit to one side of Andrew, when he came over the top, and the girls underneath him were really small and they couldn't hold him up and I tried to quickly get underneath and help to stop him from falling, lol. And then James was passed directly over me, and some really tall guy helped him up to the stage. It was so funny and heaps of fun!!!! I can't believe we picked the spot to stand exactly where they were going to do that, lol.
The outdoor concert started first with The Young Divas. It was cool that we were sooooo close. We could almost touch them. Then Anthony came on (sorry Anthony fans but the song bored me), then Marcia and Deni Hines were on - those dancers were pretty cool! Next Guy performed and we got the shock of our lives when the stage started rising up above us!!! Took a pic of that, lol. Then Shannon came on. After that we thought it was all over so we went out of the crowd to the back to get some breathing space and they had the fireworks.
We were sitting at the back watching the big screen as the Indoor show started - or what we thought was the indoor show - and then my mate goes they are up there on the stage out here! And I've gone ohhh bloody hell, so I've raced back up towards the stage but by the time I got there they had moved back off the stage so I missed seeing Lisa arrrrggggghhhh. So then we just watched the rest of the indoor show on the big screen.
So that was my exciting night at the Idol Grand Final. So I did sort of get to see Lisa, lol.
Here are some pics:
So we decided to go up near the stage and we got right up to the front of the stage on one side. James and Andrew G came out and said to us that exactly where we were standing they were going to crowd surf - and we thought they were only joking - found out later they werent! Anyway, we could see the people as they walked up the red carpet from where we were. Then the celebrities started arriving.
First on the red carpet we saw Guy Sebastion, then the Young Divas, then Shannnon Noll. Then we spotted Trainer Bob from the Biggest Loser (Gillian was there too but I couldn't recognise her from that far away). Then I saw Lisa and I was happy, but sad that I wasn't up there to meet her . And she actually stayed out there signing and getting pics with people for the longest time out of ALL of the celebs that were on the red carpet.
Then I saw Jade (Casey's best friend who is also a friend of mine) making her way up the red carpet stairs, so I knew Casey wouldn't be far behind. Then I saw Casey. She was wearing a red top and some sort of hat. She stayed signing for quite a while too. Then I saw Bobby, Ricky, Mutto, Klancie and Lavina all at once. Next Anthony arrived, then we saw the judges and then Dean Geyer. There was other celebs but I didn't take much notice of them. Recognised "Girlband" though, and I guess Axle Whithead wasn't invited :giggle: .
Next they had Ronald McDonald and Hamburgular to warm up the crowd, and then it was time for the actual show to start, so our little group had to turn around and wait till James and Andrew were passed over the top of us. I was a little bit to one side of Andrew, when he came over the top, and the girls underneath him were really small and they couldn't hold him up and I tried to quickly get underneath and help to stop him from falling, lol. And then James was passed directly over me, and some really tall guy helped him up to the stage. It was so funny and heaps of fun!!!! I can't believe we picked the spot to stand exactly where they were going to do that, lol.
The outdoor concert started first with The Young Divas. It was cool that we were sooooo close. We could almost touch them. Then Anthony came on (sorry Anthony fans but the song bored me), then Marcia and Deni Hines were on - those dancers were pretty cool! Next Guy performed and we got the shock of our lives when the stage started rising up above us!!! Took a pic of that, lol. Then Shannon came on. After that we thought it was all over so we went out of the crowd to the back to get some breathing space and they had the fireworks.
We were sitting at the back watching the big screen as the Indoor show started - or what we thought was the indoor show - and then my mate goes they are up there on the stage out here! And I've gone ohhh bloody hell, so I've raced back up towards the stage but by the time I got there they had moved back off the stage so I missed seeing Lisa arrrrggggghhhh. So then we just watched the rest of the indoor show on the big screen.
So that was my exciting night at the Idol Grand Final. So I did sort of get to see Lisa, lol.
Here are some pics: